scandal
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The story journalists told about Mark Lamb’s victory Tuesday night was one of victory over scandal.
From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2026
Despite his involvement in the Astros’ sign-stealing scandal in 2017, ex-Dodgers infielder Alex Cora remains a respected manager who should rebound from the Red Sox firing him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
The largest maternity scandal in NHS history is set to become the focus of a new television drama starring Harry Potter actor Jason Isaacs.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
The so-called Tank Day controversy led to a "sharp decline in sales" in the early days of the scandal, according to the operator.
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026
“On Wikipedia it says—yeah, the son of Stuart Bellstone, the D and G trading scandal, blah, blah, his son is Paolo Vallarta-Bellstone.”
From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart
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Jackson, who campaigned heavily with Platner before the scandals, had the support of roughly 75 percent of the volunteers who rallied behind the now-disgraced former Senate candidate.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
The protests follow a series of examination scandals that have shaken confidence in the country's testing system.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
By rubber-stamping a fourth term despite these toxic scandals, football's governing bodies are showing they are content to sit in rotten squalor rather than strive for something better.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
Given our own tinderbox of a world—in the face of the Somme, in the face of millions killed—the highest morality has nothing to do with domestic scandals and everything to do with preventing great-power war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
In addition to changing the bedsheets and helping Mrs. Caruthers to the bathroom, Ophie was also asked to fetch a newspaper so that the old woman could check the latest scandals plaguing the Harding administration.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
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